Precip at Bayou Macon east of Epps323714091242000
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Lake Providence until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lake Providence is 69° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 10 AM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 11 PM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:45 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Lake Providence, Louisiana.
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The 4 instruments nearest Lake Providence, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Precip at Bayou Macon east of Epps323714091242000
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/32.7 mi away/92 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oak Grove 1.9 ELA-WC-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/110 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oak Grove CoopOKCL1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/131 ft/29 ft above here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 32.7 mi from Lake Providence, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.